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Patented July 15, 1919.

L. SCRUGGS AND T. L. JONES.

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LOYD SCRUGGS AND THOMAS L. JONES, OF ST.

LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS TO CORPORATION OF NEBRASKA.

DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed August 22, 1918. Serial No. 251,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LoYo Sonoces and THOMAS L. JoNEs, citizens of the United States of America, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Door, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the actrate one form of door in accordance with our invention, Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of the door frame, showlng the door opening; Fig. 2 1s a s1de elevation, the frame 'bemg shown in section; Fig. 3 is a section in the line 33 of Fig. 1, the door being shown in place in open position and Fig. 1 is an enlarged section taken on the line 11 of Fig. 3.

10 indicates the door frame in which is formed the door opening 11. Formed in the sides of the door opening 11 are a pair of oppositely disposed lateral notches 12 adapted to cooperate with the hinge members as will hereinafter be more fully de,- scribed. Above the notches 12 the door opening is enlarged as indicated by 13 on Fig. 1. 11 is the door which is made somewhat larger than the door opening 11 so as to overlap the door frame on all sides. Carried by door 11 is the usual handle 15 by means of which the door is raised and lowered. 16 is the lining which is secured to the door 11 by means of screws 17 as shown by Fig. 3 of the drawing. Formed integral with this lining 16 is a pair of hinged members 18 each provided with flanges 19 extended through an arc of substantially 90 degrees. The flanges 19 cooperate with the lower of the notches l2 hereinhefore referred to and form the hinges upon which the door turns. Adjacent to the door 11 the flanges 19 are provided with passages 20 which allow the door to drop into locked position when it is closed, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The passage 20 is preferably covered by an extension 21 of the flange 19, this,however, is not essential. At the ends opposite the passage 20 the flanges 19 are provided with passages 22 which allow the door to be raised into position to pass the hinge members through the enlarged portion of the door opening when the door is placed in or removed from position. In addition to the flanges 19 the members 18 are provided with a pair of flanges 23 adapted to bear against the rear face of the door frame 10 when the door is lowered to horizontal position as indicated in Fig. 1 of the drawing. In case the door is used for the ash-pit of the stove we prefer to provide the lining 16 with an extension 21 forming an ash guard over-lapping the lower edge of the door opening as shown by Fig. 1, so that any ashes lying upon the face of the door' will be discharged into the ash-pit when the door is closed in place of falling down between the doors and frame.

The operation of our device is as follows: When the door is to be placed in position one of the flanges 23 is passed through the enlarged portion 13 of the door opening 11 and forced to one side so as to allow the second flange 23 to pass through the opening at the opposite side, after which the door can be dropped into the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. If the outer end of the door is now raised by means of the handle 15, the flanges 19 will pass through the notches 12, thus forming with the lower edges of said notches a hinge upon which the door turns. When the door is raised into vertical position the lower edges of the notches 12 pass through the openings 20 so that the door is allowed to drop into locked position and cannot again be opened until it is raised sufficiently to bring the flanges 19 into alinement with the notches 12. When it is desired to remove the door from the frame, it is first lowered into the position shown by Fig. 1 and the operation described in connection with the insertion of the door is -reversed.

Having fully described our invention,

what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States is:

1. The combination with a door frame provided with an opening, of a door provided adjacent to its lower edge with a hinge member, a part of the frame projecting over the hinge member to prevent bodily upward provided with an opening, thesides of said opening having a palrof oppositely dis.- posed lateral notches formed therein, of a door, av pair of, sectoral, hinge members provided with flanges and carried by saiddoor, said flanges engaging with said notches to hinge the door, said flanges being provided with passages to allow the door to drop into locked position whenclosed.

3. Thecombinationwith a door provided with an opening, the sides of said opening havmg formed there n a pair of, OPPOSllJGlY CllSPOSGCl lateral notches and sa1d opening being enlarged above said notches, of a pair of sectoral hinge members carried by said, door, saidlnnge members being provided with flangesengagin with said notches to hinge the door, said flanges having passages at one endto allow the door to drop into locked position when. closed and having at the other end passages to allow upward,

movement of the door for the removal of the hinge members through the enlarged portion of the door, opening.

Copiesofthis patentmay be obtained for i. The combination with a door frame provided with an opening, the sides of said opening having formed therein a pair of oppositely disposed lateral notches and the door opening above said notches being enlarged, of a pair of sectoral hinge members carried bysaid door, said hinge members being provided with flanges engaging with the notches to hinge the door, said flanges having passages at one end to allow the door to drop into locked position when closed and having at the other end passages to allow the upward movement of the door to permit the removal of the hinge mem bers through the enlarged portion of the door opening, and a second pair of flanges carried by said hinge members and adapted to bear against the rear face of the door frame when the door is in-an open position.

5. The combination with a door frame provided with an opening, of a door, a door lining, a pair of flanged hinge members in tegral with said lining and engagingwith thedoor frame to hinge the door, and means for securing said lining and thereby said hinge members to the door.

6. The combination with a door frame provided with an opening, of a door provided with a lining, a pair of hinge members formed integral with said lining and adapted to engage with the frame to hinge the door, and an ash guard also formed integral with said. lining and over-lapping the lower edge of the door openin In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and aflixed our seals.

LOYD SCRUGGS. [Ls] THOMAS L. JONES. [L.S.]

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

